Sullivan & Cromwell’s 13th annual Proxy Season Review analyzes significant trends and developments that emerged from the recent U.S. annual meeting proxy season and provides takeaways for 2025.

Summary Diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) initiatives continue to be an area of focus for the federal government. Below are key federal developments in early 2026. EEOC Withdraws 2024 Sexual ...

The Rule Change Follows the President’s Executive Order to “Eliminate the Use of Disparate-Impact Liability in All Contexts to the Maximum Degree Possible” ...

OFAC designated Rosneft and Lukoil—along with certain specified subsidiaries—under E.O. 14024 for operating or having operated in the energy sector of the Russian Federation economy. Pursuant to ...

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced today that Carla Hine has joined the firm as a partner in its Antitrust Group, resident in its Washington, D ...

Sullivan & Cromwell’s Securities Litigation Group has long been recognized as a premier practice, as evidenced by its Band 1 rating by Chambers USA Nationwide for more than a decade. Our lawyers have ...

Esther Jeapes is head of UK Know-How for the London Office of Sullivan & Cromwell with a focus on mergers & acquisitions, corporate, capital markets and financial services. Before joining Sullivan & ...

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[1] OCC, Implementing the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act for the Issuance of Stablecoins by Entities Subject to the Jurisdiction of the Office of the Comptroller ...

On April 17, 2026, the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC issued revised supervisory guidance on model risk management, superseding the agencies’ previous supervisory guidance as well as the 2021 ...

FDIC Proposes Rules for FDIC-Regulated Payment Stablecoin Issuers; Treasury Department Proposes Rules to Determine Similarity of State Regulatory Regimes to Federal Regulatory Framework ...

On October 7, 2025, the FDIC and the OCC jointly issued a proposal to define the term “unsafe or unsound practice” under section 8 of the FDIA (12 U.S.C. § 1818.